There are 45,000 police officers on the streets in France, which is 5,000 more than yesterday, as the country’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said in an interview on the TF1 channel as France looks like a boiling cauldron after the death of 17-year-old Nael by police fire. At the same time, he announced that there will also be armored national gendarmerie vehicles and water cannons.

According to the Minister of the Interior, the Authorities have proceeded with a total of 1,000 arrests of rioters, of which the average age is 17 years, while some are even 13 years old. The situation across the country remains tense for another night, while incidents are unfolding in Marseille. Earlier, groups of young people vandalized shops and businesses in Paris and Strasbourg.

The interior minister said in his interview about the police officer responsible for the shooting of the 17-year-old, who has been taken into custody, that his case is not the subject of “impunity”, while he asked for “respect for the time needed to render justice”. . “Because one policeman is accused, all policemen, all gendarmes should not be accused,” said Darmanen.

Dead 19-year-old protester – Fell from roof

Earlier, French authorities announced that a 19-year-old man had died after falling from a supermarket roof during the protests. The 19-year-old, according to what was broadcast by French television BFM, was on the supermarket roof when he jumped to escape. The young man was seriously injured and taken to the hospital. A few hours later, the French authorities announced that the 19-year-old is brain dead.

Episodes in Marseilles and Strasbourg

At the same time, incidents are taking place in Marseille, around La Canebière, as a result of which the police have made 18 arrests.

The authorities have decided to stop the traffic in the city from 6 pm onwards. Also, the use and transportation of fireworks is prohibited by prefectural decree.

Earlier, incidents also occurred in Strasbourg, when unknown persons vandalized an Apple store, according to the journalists of the French Agency (AFP).

Also, the Les Halles shopping center, near Grande-Ile, was closed for fear of incidents.

“Two of the windows were broken and we saw gangs of young people coming in, coming out, trying to rob showrooms,” Corentin Flinck, who works in an adjacent shop, told AFP. “Quickly, the police intervened with tear gas, but the gas entered the gallery shops and we had to protect several customers,” Flinck added. Many police officers were deployed in front of and around the Apple store. Several loud explosions were also heard near the store.🇫🇷 FLASH | Le magasin #Lacoste de #Strasbourg est actuellement pillé

Galeries Lafayette, which also overlooks Place Kléber, also rolled down its shutters, as did many other stores in the area.

It is recalled that tram traffic has been suspended in the city center for fear of new incidents at night while the French president, Emmanuel Macron, asks parents to keep their children at home and not allow them to go out.

Vandalism at shopping centers in Créteil and Rosny

At the same time, vandalism also occurred in two shopping centers in Créteil (Val-de-Marne) and Rosny (Seine Saint-Denis). In Créteil-Soleil, opposite the police station, around 40 people entered the mall, according to a police source cited by Le Figaro, leading to 15 arrests.

At the Rosny 2 mall, youths managed to break into it and tried to loot the shops, the municipality of Seine Saint-Denis said. However, the intervention of the police was immediate, while the shopping center was evacuated and closed. According to the police source, windows and furniture were broken in a McDonald’s restaurant. The RER station was also vandalized.